Psychology sophomore Emily Egaabreu performed Poema del Renunciamiento which translates to the Poem of Giving Up. 

Egaabreu holds special sentiment to her poem as a Foreign student from the Dominican Republic. 

"My grandma use to read it to me. It brings me good memories of her and it's romantic," she said, referring to a poem she read focusing on unrequited love. "It's about loving someone and never letting them know."

She said appreciated global events in which students are free to express their diversity and share something special to them.

"It's cool to get to know people from different places, it's a cultural thing," Egaabreu said.

Unable to understand a majority of the languages presented, arts and piano senior Tom Rudnitsky, attended the event just to listen. 

"It's communication by tone of voice and universal expressive beauty to the language. Even if there's less, it might come out more," he said. 

Arab culture considers poetry the highest form of literature and it is preferred to novels and other types of fiction, chemical engineering senior Ahmed Aman said. 

Aman performed a Saudi Arabian poem titled "What's Behind the Singers Throat."

"The poem is very holy and connects people with heaven," Aman said. 

The dominant emotion is love, combined with other feelings. Poetry is a high art that heightens spirituality, he said. 

Comparative culture and politics junior Megan Burnham believes by listening to poetry from other cultures, people will be able to see differences, they'll be able to learn about the cultures history, and they'll also be able to see what keeps us connected with the same experiences we all share.

"I think poetry is one of those things that is kind of shared universally across cultures to talk about a nation or learn about a group of peoples history to push back against oppression or most importantly to talk about the human experience so I think that's something that all cultures kind of share," she said.